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Home Office: Reveal Time!

I'm super excited to finally share with you how our little home office has turned out.

I've already showed you on this post how it was looking when we started working on it. As I mentioned there, the view of this room from the upstairs landing used to upset me quite a lot. Well, that's not the case anymore!

I can't stop myself from going in there to have a little look when I'm "in the area" and smiling from ear to ear. (Does anyone else experience this type of odd behaviour after a successful project? Please tell me this is normal and I'm not the only one!?)

Have you noticed the coving?. It's actually the polystyrene one: light and easy to put up. I'm working on a little tutorial for you soon. After coving the dining-room, living-room, hall and our bedroom, we can call ourselves "experts" in this art. I'm of the idea that coving makes a big difference in a boxy room. It softens up those sharp lines where wall and ceiling meet and, together with the skirting, they frame the walls.

This is a closer look at my lovely desk where I can lose myself in bloggy world.

If you follow me on Facebook, you might have probably noticed that one of those four white chairs I found in Gumtree a while ago has made its way to this room and it's sitting standing pretty in there.

All those bookcases that used to be in this wall have been moved to the opposite one.

We've painted that wall in Blue Diamond from Dulux. The rocking chair was another Gumtree find. One day it will be part of a nursery but until then hubby suggested keeping it here beside our books, CDs and the window.

Remember the four CD/ DVDs towers that used to add to the visual clutter? I'd like to say that I managed to persuade the Mister to go digital but as that didn't and quite likely won't happen any time soon, we managed to find the collection a new home: cheap Tesco's boxes alphabetically ordered for CDs...

... and DVDs ordered by genre.

This time I've done the labels myself. I'm more than happy to share, you just need to save them in your computer by right clicking the images below and selecting "Save image as". You can then insert them in a word document, add some text boxes, print and that's it!.

There are a few other bits and pieces that we've done here and that I'll be also sharing with you in the next few weeks. There are also a few other things that remain to be done like hanging some curtains! I'll keep you updated with the progress.

What do you think then? I'm ridiculously happy about it. I've been spending quite some time in this room during the last couple of months. No more blogging in the dining-room for me!

Hi Gaby! I am so happy that you found my blog and left a comment so I was able to discover yours. Your office looks amazing! It's so crisp and fresh - I love the white furniture and that aqua wall. And those printables are fab!! Love it girl! Following you :)

Hi Gaby, Thank you for visiting my blog Inspirations by D. I enjoyed your visit and let me just say, I have enjoyed your blog. Love the new room. I am loving your wall color and art work as well. Where did you get the book cases beside the desk? Like them a lot.

Aimee thanks for your comment and for your photography series! I followed each and everyone of your posts and that gave me the courage and knowledge to start using my camera in manual mode! There is no way back to automatic for this girl! :)

Wow, the pictures look like from a magazine! BEAUTIFUL! What a transformation, I love it all, the colors, the moldings, the chair, your style rocks! Gracias por tu visita a mi blog, estoy encantada de seguirte!

Your office turned out beautifully! I love the colors and how the CDs are organized. Those labels are cute! I am loving your blog - I'd be thrilled if you linked up this and any other frugal projects with us at Living Well Spending Less! http://www.livingwellspendingless.com/category/thrifty-thursday

Girl, you have it going on! LOVE LOVE LOVE! So happy, bright and beautiful! Love all the details and the simplicity.

If you are interested in being featured in an upcoming Reader Space, I would be honored to have you and your awesomeness! Just pop over an email to iheartorganizing@gmail.com and I will get you all the details.

Gaby - your office is so beautiful and bright. I love those little window pictures above the desk....and the CD labelling/organizing...brilliant. My CDs were overflowing and I couldn't figure out what to do with them so I just chucked them all. Now I am SO wishing that I would have bought boxes like yours! Awesome job.

So I love what you've done. Question for you, how did you stick the labels to the boxes for the CD's? What did you use? Also, I couldn't tell from your post even though you kind of said it, I don't think I understood, but where can I get those same boxes that you got for the CD's and DVD's?

The boxes are from Tesco (a UK supermarket- not sure where you are from :). I printed the labels out on Avery Shipping Labels L7169 paper. These are the ones that come with 4 big adhesive labels per each A4 sheet. Does that help? I'll try to get some pictures this afternoon and post them in Facebook for you.

Hi, I am new to your blog - I came here from I Heart Organising - and today I downloaded the labels , resized them to fit my Martha Stewart boxes and now they are looking great in my craft room. Thank you! Your new office looks fabulous :) I have subscribed to your blog, very good to know of an English take on things.

Gaby, this is so gorgeous! I remember seeing your printable labels/boxes featured on Iheartorganizing I think! Way to go...such a happy, organized space to work! Now, it's MY turn to be jealous! ;) (P.S. super excited to have stumbled across another UK blogger!!)

I'm Gaby an Argentinian/ Italian (and a little bit British) girl living in the beautiful north-east of Scotland. Obsessed, compulsive and almost fearless DIYer, decorator and organizer of this little world that is our home and that I have the pleasure to share with my adorable hubby. Read more...